Everybody loves Rust, but it’s Marty who makes the show work. He grounds the whole thing. He has normal problems. Struggles with fidelity, disappointment, being a father, anger. Rust is a nihilistic weirdo. But without Marty, it would be really hard to take him seriously. I think Woody Harrelson is hugely underrated for his work on this show.

@Jackson...

3 ай бұрын

Exactly, the only reason either character is so effective is because they reflect off of each other. Marty would just be a cheating asshole without Rust to poke at him and peel back Marty's many layers of superficiality. Rust would just be a nihilistic, broken man who takes himself too seriously without Marty to tell him to shut the fuck up and to challenge his innate self hatred. They are an absolute perfect duo acted by two masters.

@Nill757

3 ай бұрын

Both are critical. Marty grounds the show as you say, though Marty alone makes this pedantic kinda bad cop show, where he purposely blinds himself to the landscape. Cole alone, well Marty tells him repeatedly what he’s like, and the ‘faded psychopaths memory’ banter would get old fast. Imagine Martin Sheens character in Apocalypse Now, or Brando’s Kurtz talking w no stops for hours about “the horror”. Thanks, no, Cole’s bond w Marty and Marty’s family allows him to be of interest again and thus drive the investigation story.

@Nill757

3 ай бұрын

@@Jackson...hah, yes, exactly, both are boring alone.

@chalermako

2 ай бұрын

Martys problems are only normal from your pov. Are Martys action those of a ration man? I'd argue his actions are narsicistic and he has no more faith than Cole. Cole is also a father, disapointied and angry at losing his kid . Marty always denys his nature, Cole seems to accept it. Both men are much different in 2012. Perhaps its age that grounds a man in realism, though some never accept who they are at any age. Harrelson is a gehius actor, theres no doubt, that point is unrelated mto your arguement.

@Nill757

2 ай бұрын

@@chalermako all those are normal (common) problems. Narcissism leading to cheating. Irrationality, at times. The Cole character doesn’t work without him. Some monologue w him driving around saying ‘’looks like a forgotten memory of a town’ would tedious in 30s w out Marty.

The creeping dread in this series was off the charts ...went from a police procedural to lovecraftian horror .That single take scene is one of the best pieces of television iv ever seen .

@kaj7135

5 ай бұрын

The soundtrack is superb just like every other aspect of the show. Both the ambience and music sets the mood in every scene perfectly.

@70Slinger

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I was a little surprised no one else mentioned the Lovecraft aspect of the story line as far as the interviews went. I got one of my best friends to watch this years ago, he looked up The King in Yellow, or The Yellow King on the church walls. There's literary history there Such a goddamn shame the second and third ones are utter fucktards of crap. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@tiamassie7640

5 ай бұрын

It was insane good! I was tense the entire scene even knowing they are interviewing him in the future relative to events! TD S1 is the best entertainment ever

@BlyGuy

4 ай бұрын

The craziest thing about that amazing single tale scene, they really shot it in the projects, basically all of the "extras" were people who lived there and not actors, and Pizzolato/Fukunaga were sweating bullets the entire time praying things wouldn't go completely off the rails with so little actual control over the scene.

@alemonkiki

3 ай бұрын

Also... harrelson and mccoughnahey might be brothers

Lightning in a bottle. The more i rewatch it the more i love it. Rust is the best character of any tv show ever, just the way he is written and acted... BRILLIANT is the only word.

@Brandon-tk2rw

4 ай бұрын

definitely lightening in the bottle. so many things have to come together. first, nic has been trying to turn this into a novel for a while, so there was a looooong creative germination phase, plus Carey's amazing camera work, plus two longtime actors delivering the best performances of their lives, and many more....

@ahmaranwar1488

4 ай бұрын

​@@Brandon-tk2rwand since then we are trying to find any sort of reminence and feeling of the first season. But alas there were some moments in season 3 but nowhere near. I am dreading watching this new season but I have given up and will at the shows as "night country" rather than true detective

@sheridan891

3 ай бұрын

Marty kind of makes the show work though. He’s the character who grounds the whole thing. He’s got relatively normal issues. He’s jealous. He’s unfaithful. He struggles with the weight of his responsibilities.

@Nill757

3 ай бұрын

Rust is a great character, though he can’t work alone. There can’t be any sequel or prequel of an audience listening to Rust drone on for hours and about the futility of existence, no matter how brilliantly done. Imagine Brandos Kurtz from Apocalypse Now rambling by himself about “the horror”. Fascinating for a few moments, but then we’d be begging Martin Sheen to shut him up.

@Nill757

3 ай бұрын

@@ahmaranwar1488yep, all weak echoes of S1. Fukunaga was the primary writer behind S1, and he was out after, so we won’t see another masterpiece.

I love when Marty smugly tells the new detectives that if they spoke to Rust, it was Rust who had the upper hand not the other way around.

This is, by far, the greatest single season of television I have and quite possibly may ever see. Hearing Nic describe it is a treat beyond description.

@jjdillon1207

5 ай бұрын

Band of brothers

@garyhambleton2374

5 ай бұрын

Yes, yes, and yes! It's so heartening to read so many enthusiastic responses like yours. Watching this gave me chills all over again.

@nelsonrivera764

5 ай бұрын

agreed...better than Breaking Bad, Sopranos, GOT, etc

@badbijan

4 ай бұрын

True Detective S1 & Band of Brothers are untouchable for me regarding Limited Series

@danielmiller9012

4 ай бұрын

@@badbijan Chernobyl was awesome but I don't think it's in the same tier as band of brothers and TDS1 Hell I'd take Succession S4 over it easily

Pizzolatto is a genius, just for writing a thing so deep and complex.

The genius of this show, it still haunts me to sheer realisation that this stuff actually happens and people like this do exist and do get away with this kind of stuff. Perfect writing, perfect cast, perfect directing. Best show ever made

@kaj7135

5 ай бұрын

100% accurate. No doubt when this was made, the powerful pagan elitists irl started sweating and thinking they might get found out because of this show. lol

@peterlfc1387

5 ай бұрын

Yep, people in plain view can commit heinous acts on others in private.

@zhuyu9268

2 ай бұрын

Not only do they exist, they thrive, and nobody with the power to do anything about it is hunting them

I remember how captivated I was in real time, as this was playing on HBO in 2014…. And almost 10 years and at least 7-8 rewatches later, it’s just as fascinating to me, and I pick up something new each time. For my money, there will never be a better single season of any series. Also, I grew up in Louisiana and was a Soph in high school when the Dora Lane murder would’ve occurred in 95….. and they got the setting sooooo right! ❤️ I’d get goose bumps as they were driving all over south, central, and west Louisiana, into Beaumont TX, like I was reliving those years. Felt like I was on the bus traveling to a football game.

@nelsonrivera764

5 ай бұрын

i enjoyed reading your comment.....sad stuff though

@Scorch428

3 ай бұрын

fav series by far. There is no 2nd place. Nothings even close to this.

True Detective ( season 1)is a masterpiece.

It is truly a masterpiece. If you haven't watched it, you're in for a treat. Everything about it is perfect : story, casting, acting, pacing, set design/ decoration, cinematography, lighting, direction, scoring, editing, costuming, makeup .... every department knocked it out of the park. Everyone involved, from interns to Cary should be justifiably proud. And it got Cary the 007 gig

Better than BB. Better than (peak) GoT. Complex darkness staring in a mirror. To achieve what this show did in one season is unrivalled.

@anthonysouthard5572

5 ай бұрын

It was even better than sopranos. It was the best.

@jjdillon1207

5 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t agree on the sopranos

"We want to establish this landscape as realistically as we can." They absolutely did...

Thank's to those in the comments who recommended this show. I binged the first season the other day and it was unbelievable. Amazing. Rust goes hard

@jeffreytruckenmiller2284

5 ай бұрын

Welcome to the party pal

@dingosmith9932

5 ай бұрын

It only gets better each rewatch

@cloud9847

3 ай бұрын

go watch season 4 now if you're not watcing the other seasons. It's looking to be up there with season 1.

@noobpullup

3 ай бұрын

@@cloud9847 can one watch it without watching 2, 3?

As I re watched this show, I realised Colhe was right. He's stuck in an endless loop, which I have visited twice. Probably the best ever series to come out of American TV

@Rob-fn1kp

5 ай бұрын

no one cares

@devmehta4144

5 ай бұрын

no one is so caring.

@Qwickv

5 ай бұрын

What’s the loop

@5050TM

4 ай бұрын

​@@Rob-fn1kpIt's a joke. He's replaying the show. It's a loop. And people liked it, but not you.

wish I could erase the show from my mind and watch it for the first time again.. truly a masterpiece

@Scorch428

3 ай бұрын

like in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

Their descriptions of the Rust & Marty made me think of a quote I just saw: "If you're not capable of violence, you're not peaceful, you're harmless."

A true masterpiece. I am 76 and a connoisseur.

@DFIJ-lb7kb

4 ай бұрын

Hi sir as a connoisseur, I would love to get recommendations from a man with your experience. I can also share my perspectives on tv and movies.

One of the greatest seasons of television ever. Hits on a disturbing American issue that is still playing out in real life. Glad it has developed an growing audience.

@garyhambleton2374

5 ай бұрын

Well said. It's an absolutely riveting and compelling experience. The writing, the directing, the acting -- all as good as anything gets or ever was.

@upsidedownlogic175

4 ай бұрын

What’s that issue?

@joefeeney5497

4 ай бұрын

@@upsidedownlogic175child trafficking, sexual abuse, ritual murder.

@nathanwatkins1005

3 ай бұрын

​@upsidedownlogic175 small-town corruption. These crimes were covered up. Also, there has been an issue with crappy shows that don't offer viewers anything.

Best TV Show ever, have to revise it every few months..... an experience that stands alone by itself.

It was such a masterpiece at the time, it was impossible to replicate in following seasons.

@Nill757

3 ай бұрын

Impossible without Fukunaga. He’s the primary mind behind S1, then he left.

That one shot take is phenomenal - just amazing. The whole show is staggering in a good way - and I have freaking high standard for tv and movies... A masterpiece this show will always remain.

I remember the first time I heard Cohle's line "a dream you had inside a locked room"... And I genuinely think it changed me. The mowing of the lawn... That was a truly powerful metaphor and scene.

@Qwickv

5 ай бұрын

What does it mean to you

@Catchyalater_Fishing_Co

4 ай бұрын

@@Qwickv 😂

@fredlodge1275

4 ай бұрын

​@@Qwickv Okay, I'll take a crack. 41, divorced (she cheated, not me), but here's what's going on there: Marty is a cheater, so he suspects everyone is, or is capable of it (he's not wrong, rare exceptions aside). He doesn't like seeing another man at his house when he isn't around, because of very I guess toxic masculine territorialism. "This is all mine" - his house, his wife, his lawn, etc. Seeing another man there makes him feel threatened and insecure, especially because he's cheating, and he knows his wife is attractive (Michelle Monaghan IS gorgeous) and kind of over his bullshit. Furthermore, he doesn't like Rust, he doesn't TRUST Rust, and he definitely doesn't want him hanging out with his wife when he's not around, for multiple reasons. He's unstable, he's dangerous, he's in slightly better shape, probably more attractive...he feels threatened by this person's presence in his house, around his wife, when he isn't around. There's also a strong element of guilt - HE should have mowed the lawn. HE should be spending time with his wife. He's not doing those things because he's out fucking about, which ALSO makes him feel guilty. Ultimately, he's unhappy with his life and looking for someone to blame in that moment, and Rust is a very convenient target, so he chooses to take issue with the kindly act of mowing his lawn. As we see, Rust has no designs on Maggie (while he DOES find her attractive, and knows Marty fucks around, it would break his moral code - which she seduces him into, for her own good reasons), he just enjoys her company and felt that mowing the lawn would be a helpful thing to do. Rust is clearly not in the wrong here, and Marty very much is, however Rust chooses to be the bigger man and walk away from the conflict, because, let's face it, he is. Excellent scene, well acted, the show is a complete masterpiece. Possibly the best single season television show ever filmed. You were possibly just trolling, but there you go, fellow internet stranger.

@aesopbricktop2312

Ай бұрын

@@fredlodge1275 fucking spot on.

That stash house sequence is the best 5 min of TV ever. Unrelenting tension. Incredible.

Best show ever made, a masterpiece ! Thank YOU Nic Pizzolatto and Cary Fukunaga !

@NicolePoliskey

4 ай бұрын

Yes, the filming is stunning. Love the project scene with one camera, stunning. xx

Perfect writing, location, direction, casting and performances. Quite the best TV I have ever seen.

This show is probably one of my favorites of all time. So gritty and captivating. And probably one of the greatest duos on screen, ever. Brilliant all around

The first season was epic. Can't speak for the other seasons.

@michaelscott466

5 ай бұрын

Season 3 is very solid

This was the best TV ever made. Pizzolotto and Fuganaga were as perfect a pair as Rust and Marty.

This is the best single season of a detective show I've ever seen.

Best season of TV I've ever seen. And they could totally bring it back 10 years later to finally finish the job.

@HipHopAn0n

14 күн бұрын

Im here for it man

True Detective series one was one of the best things ever consigned to film. No matter how many times I watch it I catch things I missed and appreciate it even more.

This is the pinnacle of single series episodic television period

This is a masterpiece of television. The first series is genius for its writing and acting.

Watched Season 4 and it was a full mess. I'm back again watching Season 1 the MASTERPIECE of all time!!!

Season 1 of True Detective is an absolute masterpiece.

I’m undecided on the greatest TV show of all time, but I’m certain of what the greatest season is

Wish Nic took a shot at Batman or Arkham Asylum, dude is a genius, and TDS1 is a masterpiece

One of my favourite tv shows ever. Woody Harrelson is awesome but Matthews character is so well written. You were on edge the whole time, asking yourself if you could even trust him.

I've never seen a show that stressed me the fuck out like season 1 of True Detective. I really hope season 4 brings that feeling back, cuz I have not had a joy in television quite like it since. Hell, this show actually convinced me to change my mind and admit that Matthew McConaughey is actually like top tier talented actor. Then he did Intersteller (idk if that's the order, that's the order I experienced them in) after True Detective and I've just been in love with the guy since.

@Danneleet

3 ай бұрын

Unfortunatly s4 isnt that great. Theres no depth to the characters and no weaving of a greater story. Just despair and jumpscares

There will never be a better tv series than rust and marty’s true detective..a perfect amalgamation of practical philosophy,spirituality,mind and crime..what a relief that there’s one show message is not about true love lol

I recommend this to friends to this day.

Really wish I could have been a fly on the wall during the writing and making of this show

Best thing I have ever watched on the TV. Hands down.

the way he says it ends like a novel, that reminds me the justified finale. something so concise about the last words of both shows. sums up the entirety of the show

The single BEST season of American Television I have ever watched...

Season 1 True Detective is the best series I've ever seen. This was a treat.

This is one of the best pieces of television i've seen, it's a true masterpiece.

Matthew plays the Pessimist so well,i my opinion this was his best role

@Scorch428

3 ай бұрын

more of a realist than pessimist.

cole explained string theory far better than any scientist could to the general public

This season is a masterpiece akin to The Sopranos. I love well written shows with symbolism woven through because you can watch it 10000 times and you will always see new things.

To say this is a masterpiece doesnt come close to describing the journey you take while watching this film noir. Well done you.

This season will live on forever 🎉

One of the best detective crime dramas ever written. Grabs me every time I watch it. To bad every season will be compared to it. Which none will. Season 4 is so far the next best thing, but that’s just after watching episode 1.

@330devans

3 ай бұрын

Eh one episode left and it’s just okay.

I watched season 1 dozen of times and i addicted to it. Intro song is as brilliant as other music. Matthew's best role ever imho. Sadly other seasons cant even get close to it.

It just doesn't get better than this season of True Detective, no television drama comes close to it imo

Thank you for one of the greatest mystery detective stories.

11:50 Every time I see this shot, I get genuine chills. Rust's line about "...and like every dream, there's a monster at the end of it" with the ominous dark ambient music going as a masked LeDoux slowly turns with machete in hand is one of the most frightening shots in all of media for me. Fitting that the inspiration for the scene is also something that always unnerved me in the same way as well. So fucking cool, man.

Absolute peak of television history.

their chemistry is just amazing.

So awesome. Such a great show. Everyone was amazing. Writers, directors, actors, everything came together perfectly. My only complaint is ITS OVER!! lol I want more!!!!

I’m so happy to come across this! I watched Season One many times. Some of the best writing( and acting) about men. Deeply insightful and honest And Funny! Season 2 was just watchable/decent but Season 3 got better than Season 2 by a stretch…nothing, however, can match the Harrelson/ McConaughey(sp?) chemistry. Glad to hear boutSeason 4. Jodie Foster is def. capable of real greatness.. who else?

The oner through the projects when Cole has to help Ginger is still maybe the greatest sequence ever made for television. I can rewatch that sequence once a week.

19:55 Wow I've watched this show so many times and never thought about this. This show is brilliant

Best TV show ever; writing, acting, production, etc. The one take stash house scene can not be matched!

Maybe the best television show ever made

They are despite their sins...incorruptable. Awesome.

They really NEED to make a sequel to this. Or maybe a prequel? It was only 8 episodes, but it was one of the finest TV shows ever to be produced. Just so good. There’s so much more these writers, producers, and cast could explore.

Best season of TV EVER...EVER.

This was THE role for Matthew McConaughey. Not my favorite actor, but he embodied Rust perfectly.

Thank everyone who made this documentary - just amazing. Seeing the magnificent show through this lens simply illuminates the whole thing...

I just want to know how much therapy Woody and Matthew had to get after working on the show. Digging deep into the characters' psyches and internalizing, it screws with your head big time and can throw you into real life trauma and depression.

For me, this is the best TV series in the entire history of humanity. I wanted to live inside it...

I'm once again coming late to the party, but thank you for compiling these interviews and themes/outlines for each episode. I appreciate this from having, instead, the '3 min. take', the '1.30 min. take' format, etc. There is so much to love about this series; one of which, not mentioned, were the fun connections to some rather obscure late 19th/early 20th cent. literature. Ambrose Bierce and Robert Chambers aren't widely discussed these days, altho' HP Lovecraft is better known, but none of them often thought of in context to modern detective mysteries. 'True Detective' used them to nice effect, but not in any overt manner. It was fun if you caught these, but not necessary to 'get' the great, original storytelling of its own. And, special kudos to T Bone Burnett for the remarkable score.

I dont like to think about it but this show changed my outlook on life.

This is definately the best season of True detective..and one of the best seasons of any series ever.

season 4 is bringing me back to the series. Season 1 was some of the best writing/TV I've ever seen since season 1 of GoT. Season 4 is pretty incredible so far and I'm hoping they tie it in with something special.

Mr. Nobody, curious, intriguing. I'll check you out.......... and finish with a polite, modest critique. That's how I roll Mr. Nobody.

This series was a masterpiece! None of the other seasons were even close.

One of the best TV shows ever made

Fine, I’ll watch True Detective season one again

@Paconennation

10 күн бұрын

Just watched it twice

Nic, honestly incredible TV series to date. I don't I've seen anything like it since. Although I hold my breath every time another show comes out. There was so much going on, with fascinating conversations from Rust to Marty. The brilliant one liners, so funny! Including Marty wig in the 90s lol! I felt this was a true real life reflection of the world we live in. The attention to detail & twists & turns, the lightness & the fight against the darkness. It's explained how time is a flat circle, how there will always be children sitting in a dark room forever made me feel pure hopelessness. I fell in love with Rust, I am a pessimist, but I also know there light and the light always wins. Rust felt love from he's daughter & pops when in a coma. He finally knew there is something more out there. When he said the light is winning was a beautiful touch to the end. Nic you should be so proud of this. I think we were all so disappointed when Rust never showed up in Alska night country, to connect the two cases to bring it full circle back to Rust would have been amazing. However the spiral of the flat time, was a good thing to put in to throw people off. We need Rusty & Marty back for another season of True dective.

I hope Nic Pizzolatto writes another great novel soon and creates a script of it for a television series again... this is the greatest story on film IMHO.

Who else rewatched Season 1 im anticipation of Season 4?

@anthonygil1522

4 ай бұрын

So disapointed in season four... Total ripoff of the John Carpenters version of "The Thing" with so much woke dogma thrown in that I could barely take the first two episodes... Which sucked for me because I love Jodie Foster So I tried to like it.. But lets face it Season 1 with McConaughey and Harrelson was really such a convergence of talent on so many levels that the Zeitgeist of it all created something really special , It's a classic that I will always watch every year or so...

so much care and thought went into the little details its insane

Brilliantly done.thanx for the upload

Thank you for posting this!! Super dope behind the scenes of the greatest TV season of all

I watched this for the first time yesterday since I was 20, now I’m 30.. fml I’m getting old.. but woooow I sat down and watched all 8 hours straight… unbelievably captivated. Legit a perfect masterpiece… s4 was just God awful lol

True Detective Season 1 is the greatest TV show and among the most potent pieces of TV screenwriting imo.

what an amazing interview and writer - cannot below the talent...thank you❤

The crooked sheriff’s reaction to the sacrifice video, his screams that carry across the water, are a master stroke.

An absolute masterpiece!! Can’t wait for the next season with Jodie Foster

Thanks for this.

Loved this...thank you 🙏🥰

Fantastic… really love your work!

Phenomenal video, and obviously series. Great insight with these interviews.

I just watched this masterpiece of a television series. Amazing piece of art. I can’t watch this documentary until seeing it a second time

I remember to this day when watching the final episode of this season in 2016. No spoiler. Watching Matthew McConaughey in that maze, I actually put my hand to my heart in a tense trance. It gripped me so much. Haven't watched anything of that calibre maybe until recently with the first season of Succession.

So cool. So great. Soul touching.

Huge fan of True Detective; HUGE!

thank you